I started counting. We had on twenty-seven lights on in the house. Twenty-seven! We still have a landline – don’t ask me why. So that accounted for four of the tiny lights, one on the base and one on each of the three phones. The kitchen was bright with lights on the refrigerator giving me the internal temperature of both the fridge and the freezer. Then there was a clock on the microwave, and on the over as well as the small screen Alexa Mollie gave us.
I continued my tour. In my writing room there was one of the phones, but also the clock on the coffee maker, the electric fence base for the grand dogs and the sweep up vacuum. One spare bedroom had a cordless vacuum who’s charging light shone brightly. And the other bedroom had a digital clock.
The living room had a clock, the TV box, the Apple TV, a charger I have for the phone and a Kindle as well as an internet booster box with three little lights. Both bathrooms have a small night light and then in our bedroom were the lights on the TV and box again and two red lights that shine out from the back of the TB. Nick has his clock and the phone and base on his side and on my side of the bed I have a power strip for my phone charger and my… my… well a few toys.
I miss dark.
I couldn’t believe how many of these insidious little specks of light were in my house. All using vampire energy I suppose. I’m just wondering if I’m the only one. When you turn out all the lights tonight, take another swing through the house and see how many lights you have.
Hi PK, I'm a terrible sleeper so often wander through the house in the wee hours. I have definitely noticed the same thing. Ah the wonders of technology.
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Roz
I don't like all the little lights. But I do like the technology.
DeleteOur gal is forever turning on lights and we have to leave the hall light on for her as well as her nightlight. We also leave a nightlight on in our room cuz, well, one of us inevitably gets up at some point and often multiple times. On top of that I am often up around 2am for a couple of hours so lights go on then as well, and then there are those little ones on all the electronics that you mentioned. Jeez, that's lots of electricity, hmm?
ReplyDeleteYes, that's a lot of lights - but they sound necessary.
DeleteWe have some ghost lights - but not many - the microwave - our 2 cell phones (which charge in the kitchen) the TV box and the TV in the living room
ReplyDeleteWhat gets to me more than internal lights are all the lights outside - the street lights - the house lights and the occasional car. After spending the summer in the country where there are NO ghost lights and is pitch black after the sun goes down it takes some getting used to........
I'd like to try that true dark for a while. Once years ago I was walking along a dark beach with a cousin from the DC area. She looked up in amazement saying, "It looks just like a planetarium." Poor girl had never see true darkness.
DeleteBetween the lights on in the house and the lighting from outside, there is no dark.
ReplyDeleteThat's the truth!
DeleteWe have some. Fridge, microwave, printer….. maybe a few others. However, I’m fairly competent even peeing in a dark br. I have to agree with Sunny. Really not dark, dark anymore!
ReplyDeleteReally dark might scare me, but I'd still like to try it.
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